Family affairs

Our family is doing good except for the occasional flu and cold that most families get at times. Audrey is dealing with a cold now and is taking this opportunity to stay in bed in her jammies. She is milking her sickness for all it is worth.

I just finished making her new jammies, a dress, and a purse. She loves the jammies. I am probably going to have to force them off of her so I can wash them.

Jordan is a little sad because he has been growing and is having to give some of his favorite clothes to Joey. He is still as skinny as ever so we are having a hard time finding clothes that fit him. When I went home for my brother's wedding I was able to purchase several pairs of jeans for him, but many are still to long for him. As Jordan is very hard on clothes, if I give them to him now then Joey will never get to use them.

Joey is having behavioral issues right now. He doesn't want to clean his messes up. Yesterday, Jason told him to clean his toys up and he told him, "I don't want to, Jordan can do it." You would think he would get tired of getting spanked, but it doesn't seem to affect him.

My pregnancy is going well. I have found out that the myoma can cause problems during pregnancy, namely miscarriage, only during the first trimester. As I am past that I don't have to worry so much. The other problem that it can cause is difficulty during delivery. If it gets absorbed into the uterus then there will be no problems whatsoever, but if not then it could stop contractions or prevent a normal delivery. We will know more about what we are going to do later on this month. Another issue we have is that my doctor is scheduled to be in the states with her kids from December 17th to the 27th of December and I am due the 24th. While I have never actually had a pregnancy go 40 weeks, I am not sure I will have this baby by the 17th either. We will be taking to my doctor at my next appointment to see what are our options. Please pray with us that we will make the right decision.

We are looking for another house to move into and some property to buy. We have not had a lot of luck with either of these things. We found some great property for a great price, but we only have about half of what we need to buy it. We talked to the owners (a group of 6 brothers and sisters) and offered them what we have for half of the property with the provision that we would be offered the other half before someone else had the option to buy it. We would love to buy the whole property, but we just don't have the extra $16,000 that we need to buy all of the property. Please pray with us that we will find the property that God wants us to have and be able to but it.